Ethical Question
Is it ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from a
pharmaceutical rep to take her family to the game?
I think it is ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from the
pharmaceutical rep, only if there is a clear understanding between the
physician and the pharmaceutical rep that if the tickets are taken, it doesn’t necessarily
mean that the physician office will go with that pharmaceutical company. The
tickets would have to be received as a gift rather than a bribe with strings
attached. I personally don’t know how these organizations function because I don’t
plan to go into either one as a profession. I have a feeling that it is an
unethical thing for the physician to accept, because it might seem unfair to
other physicians at the office for only one to take their family. It could also
be seen as unethical because the rep might be thinking that if they purchase
tickets for the doctor, that they will for sure choose that company.
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